Government of IndiaMinistry of Railways

(Railway Board)

No.20 12/Safety(DM)/6/12/2 New Delhi, Dated 16.11.2015

General ManagersAll Indian Railways &CMDIKRCL

Sub:- Fire safety measures at Railway Stations.

Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) had nominated fire safety audit teams to identifyareas requiring upgradation in fire safety to match with the international standards. Therecommendations of safety audit teams have been accepted by Board (MT,MS,ML&MM).

One of the recommendations of the Audit team was that an appropriate department maybe nominated to carry out efforts of multi-disciplinary in nature to improve fire safety at stations.Accordingly Board has reviewed fire preparedness at Railway Stations & associate buildings andBoard (MT) desires that following measures be taken:

1. Station Manager/Station Master should be responsible for prOVISIon of firefightingequipment at stations and buildings attached to stations with passenger interface.

2. Fire safety at buildings and establishments other than those indicated in Point aboveshould be the responsibility of the officer in-charge of the building.

3. Zonal Railways should review the availability and requirement of fire extinguishers atStations/Associate buildings as per the National Building Code of India, Part 4 -Fire andLife Safety issued by Bureau of Indian Standards and IS 2190:20 10 and make gooddeficiencies, if any. Details regarding the type and scale of fire extinguishers to beprovided based on the occupancy and type of building is given in the Annexure.

4. Operating department should procure and maintain fire extinguishers at Stations.

5. National Building Code mandates exit requirements, capacity of exit, arrangement ofexits, number of exits, doorways, corridor & passage ways and staircases at buildings.Zonal Railways should review the existing facilities and ensure that these are in.conformity with the prescribed norms.

'Letters issued by various directorates and RDSO relating to fire safety areuploaded on Safety Information Management System (SIMS) web page. Zonal Railways shouldaudit the fire safety preparedness at all stations on the above lines and submit action taken reportto Board positively on or before 31/03/2016.

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(P.Srinivas)Director (Safety-Ill)

Railway Board

Annexure to letter No. 2012/Safety(DM)/6/12/2 dated 16.11.2015:

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Typestructure

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Metro station

Offices

Parcel office andGoods shed

Passengerterminal withaccommodationmore than 300persons

Passengerterminal withaccommodationless than 300persons

Two 9 litre water expelling extinguishersor ABC 5kg/6kg fire extinguisher, forevery 200 m? with rnmtrnurn of 4extinguishers per compartmentlfloor. Theextinguisher should be so located as to beavailable within 15 m radius.

One 9 litre water expelling extinguishersor ABC 5kg/6kg fire extinguisher, forevery 200 m- or part thereof withminimum of 2 extinguishers percompartment or floor of the building. Theextinguisher should be so located as to beavailable within 15 m radius .

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. Para 6.4.8 of National building code ofIndia stipulates detailed guidelines.

One 4.5 Kg capacity carbon dioxide or one2/3 kg capacity clean agent extinguisherfor every 100 m2 of floor area or partthereof with rrururnum of twoextinguishers so located as to be availablewithin 10 m radius.

Two 9 litre foam extinguisher, mechanicaltype, or 5/6 kg dry powder extinguisher(or one of each type) for every 200 m' arewith minimum of four extinguisher percompartment. Extinguisher should beavailable within 15 m radius.